The Manchester Arena terrorist attack, which occured in May 2017, was one of the worst terrorist attacks in the United Kingdom. Although 70 percent of UK adults thought that the statement "The Manchester Arena attack was probably a hoax" was definitely false, a minority of people doubt aspects of the attack. For example, one in five respondents thought that there was some truth in the statement "The real truth about the attack at Manchester Arena is being kept from the public.", while seven percent of respondents thought that statement was definitely true.
In your opinion, are the following statements true or false?
Characteristic
Definitely true
Probably true
Don't know
Probably false
Definitely false
The real truth about the attack at Manchester Arena is being kept from the public
7%
20%
13%
23%
36%
The mainstream media and government officials are involved in a conspiracy to cover up important information about the attack at Manchester Arena
8%
18%
14%
23%
37%
The Manchester Arena attack involved "crisis actors" who pretended to be injured or killed - people weren't really killed or injured
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